Post.



PATBNTED DEG. .5, 1905. E. R. HURLBURT. v

POST.

APPLIoATloN FILED SEPT. 15. 1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

EUGENE R. HURLBURT, OF MOUNT ZION, ILLINOIS.

POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application led September 15, 1905. Serial No. 278,681.

The object of this invention is to provide a post that will combine theindestructible characteristics of concrete with the non-breakablecharacteristics of wood or metal and that will provide ready attachmentfor rails, wires, or

' other material used in building fences.

The invention is exemplified in the structure hereinafter described, andit is defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming part of this speciication, Figure 1 is avertical section through a fence-post embodying my improvements andadaptedto support horizontal rails to which pickets or other fencematerial may be attached, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section` through thesame post on a plane at right angles with the plane of the section inFig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective representation of the post shown inFigs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4. is a perspective representation of a corner-postfor fences, which embodies the principal features of my invention and isadapted to sustain barbed orother fence wires. Fig. 5 is a verticalsection through a fragment of the post shown in Fig. 4..

The body 1 of the post is composed of concrete or a compound into Whichcement enters. The lower part of the post has the lateral extensions orenlargements 2, of concrete, for a purpose to be hereinafter explained,and an anchor-bar or T-base 3 is formed crosswise of the lower end ofthe post. A bar 5, of wood or metal, is inclosed in the concretelengthwise thereof and is provided at its lower end with a cross bar orrod 6, which extends into the opposite ends of the T-base or anchor 3.When the post is intended to carry the horizontal rails of a picketfence or other fence analogous thereto, the bar 5 is provided at itsupper end with a strap 7, which protrudes through the upper end of theconcrete body in the form of a threaded bolt and is adapted to extendthrough the upper rail of the fence. A nut 8 on the upper end of thebolt extension 7 is used to secure the rail firmly to the top of thepost. Gains, as 4., are also formed in the rail-sustaining posts, andbolts are extended horizontally through the posts to hold the lowerrails in the gains. Side strips 9, of Wood'or metal, are embedded inopposite faces of the concrete body flush or approximately iiush withthe surfaces of the post, and they are secured by bolts, as 10, whichextend through the strips, through the concrete, and through the centralbar 5. From lines slightly above the ground-surface Athe strips 9 areincased in the concrete by lateral enlargements 2, so that all surfacesin contact with the soil are concrete, while the wood or metalextensions are made to strengthen the post throughout practically itsentire length.

When the improved post is used as a cornerpostof a wire fence, it ispreferably braced, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, by means of oblique braces1Q, which extend to the short concrete posts 11. The strips 9 aresupplied with short wires 13, to which the fencewires are subsequentlyattached, and as a matter of preference the short Wires are loopedaround pins 14. inside the strips 9, as shown in Fig. 5. shown thestress of the wires is from the center of the post and between the twobraces, so that there is no tendency for the posts to turn in the groundas the wires are tightened. The concrete body is practicallyindestructible so far as action of the elements, including fire, isconcerned, and the wood or metal bars and strips form with the concretea trusslike structure which gives the tensile strength needed to insureagainst breakage by any ordinary or even extraordinary jar or strain.Above the Vground the outer strips are exposed to facilitate attachmentof fence material and to increase the strength of the post withoutadding materially. to its cross-sectional dimensions; but below theground-line the wood or metal is not exposed to the rotting or rustingaction of moisture. The anchor-foot 3 adds to the stability of the postwhen the post is set into the ground and the cross-rod 6 stays theanchor foot against breakage.

In the drawings the post is shown plain; but it is obvious that it maybe ornamented to any desired extent by providing molds shaped to givethe desired conguration.

Having thus described my invention. I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A post comprising a concrete body, a bar l ofnon-plastic material incased in the concrete lengthwise thereof, stripsof non-plastic material embedded in opposite faces ofthe concrete bodylengthwise thereof, and bolts bind- With a corner-post braced as IOO IIO

ing the strips, the concrete and the central bar together.

2. A post comprising a concrete body, a bary of non-plastic materialincased in the concrete body lengthwise thereof, bars of non-plasticmaterial embedded in opposite faces of the concrete body lengthwisethereof, bolts binding the bars together and tothe concrete and sideenlargements of the concrete incasing the side bars below theground-line of the post.

3. A post comprising a concrete body, a cross formation of concrete onthe lower end of the post, a bar of non-plastic material incased in thepost lengthwise thereof and provided with a cross bar or rod on itslower end which extends into the cross vformation of concrete, strips ofnon-plastic material embedded EUGENE R. HURLBURT.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. FITZGERALDE, L. R. GRAHAM.

